Theo Taplitz

Theo Taplitz

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Theo Taplitz

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Gable
Director
A young man who is convinced that Clark Gable's spirit speaks to him over the radio waves will try to communicate with his catatonic grandfather using the same procedure.
Showing Up
Craig
An artist on the verge of a career-changing exhibition navigates family, friends and colleagues in the lead-up to her show and finds that the chaos of life becomes the inspiration for more great art.
Wyrm
Wyrm
In an alternative 1990s a lonely, dinosaur-obsessed boy named Wyrm struggles to complete a unique school requirement in which students wear electronic collars that detach only upon engaging in their first kiss.
Gringo
Justin
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
The Blazing World
Blake
Margaret has been plagued with dreams of a strange world since she was a little girl. After a mysterious man with a map visits her one night, she decides to give in to the incessant calls of The Blazing World...
Little Men
Jake Jardine
Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake's father, Brian, and Tony's mother, Leonor, threatens to become contentious.
Crap You!
Screenplay
Ask not for whom the raven craps; it craps for you.
Crap You!
Director
Ask not for whom the raven craps; it craps for you.
True Places Never Are
Director
A boy trapped in sadness discovers a mysterious hole in one of the old books his grandfather left behind.
True Places Never Are
Marlin
A boy trapped in sadness discovers a mysterious hole in one of the old books his grandfather left behind.
Marisol
Justin
For Marisol Rivera, a first generation Mexican-American, college is everything she's worked toward. She spent mornings cleaning horse stalls and evenings studying. Now, with a scholarship in hand, she's ready to leave Southwest Texas and begin her new life. However, when Marisol is falsely accused of a crime, she learns a heartbreaking truth: she's undocumented. Forced to go on the run, Marisol discovers a kind America amidst a harsh bureaucratic system. A coming of age film through the lens of immigration, Marisol critically examines systemic oppression and the causality of racism.